things in hand
Dreaming of candle
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of A candle burning tall and bright foretells health in the household and honest dealings brought to light. To light a candle for another signals a friendship that will hold.
Drawn down, it warns of A candle that sputters or dies warns of a weakening in the body or the fortunes of the house, and to carry a flame that will not stay lit denotes a plan begun at the wrong hour.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of The candle is consciousness itself, a small tended light held against the larger dark of the psyche. A steady flame means some part of you is keeping watch, patient, willing to sit with what the dark holds.
Drawn down, it warns of A candle guttering or blown out marks attention that is failing, the ego-light too small for the room it's been carried into. Ask what wind you walked into unshielded.
Did you dream this?
Keep it before it fades
Write the dream down in your journal and the cards will name its symbols for you, or have the whole dream read in full.